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Schloss (; pl. Schlösser ), formerly written Schloß, is the German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house.

Related terms appear in several Germanic languages. In the Scandinavian languages, the cognate word slot/slott is normally used for what in English could be either a palace or a castle (instead of words in rarer use such as palats/palæ, kastell, or borg). In Dutch, the word slot is considered to be more archaic. Nowadays, one commonly uses paleis or kasteel. But in English, the term does not appear; for instance, in the United Kingdom, this type of structure would be known as a stately home or country house.

Most Schlösser were built after the Middle Ages as residences for the nobility, not as true fortresses, although originally, they often were fortified. The usual German term for a true castle is Burg, while that for a fortress is Festung (sometimes also Veste or Feste), and typically either Palast or Burg for a palace. However, the term Schloss is still used for many castles, especially those that were adapted as residences after they lost their defensive significance. Many adaptations took into account new tastes arising during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Like a castle, a Schloss may be surrounded by a moat; it is then called a Wasserschloss (water castle). Other related structure types include the Stadtschloss (a city palace), the Jagdschloss (a hunting lodge), and the Lustschloss (a pleasure palace or summer residence).

Examples of Schlösser

Although they appeared much earlier than the period defined by this term, medieval Carolingian Kaiserpfalzen structures are sometimes considered as being Schlösser in nature. Among those that would qualify are the Palace of Aachen and the Imperial Palace of Goslar.

  1. Gothic

  2. Schloss Albrechtsburg in Meißen, considered to be Germany's oldest Schloss

  3. Schloss Allner

  4. Schloss Blutenburg in Munich, a "castle" in English, but a Schloss in German

  5. Renaissance

  6. Schloss Glücksburg

  7. Schloss Güstrow

  8. Schloss Johannisburg

  9. Schloss Mespelbrunn

  10. Schloss Neuburg

  11. Baroque

  12. Schloss Belvedere in Vienna

  13. Schloss Esterhazy in Eisenstadt

  14. Schloss Hellbrunn in Salzburg

  15. Schloss Ludwigsburg

  16. Schloss Ludwigslust

  17. Schloss Mirabell in Salzburg

  18. Schloss Moritzburg

  19. Schloss Münster

  20. Schloss Nymphenburg in Munich

  21. Schloss Pillnitz

  22. Stadtschloss Potsdam

  23. Schloss Rastatt

  24. Schloss Sanssouci

  25. Schloss Schleißheim in Oberschleißheim, a northern suburb of Munich

  26. Schloss Schönbrunn in Vienna

  27. Schloss Schwetzingen

  28. Neo-Baroque

  29. Schloss Linderhof

  30. Schloss Herrenchiemsee

  31. Neoclassicism

  32. Schloss Charlottenhof

  33. Schloss Glienicke

  34. Schloss Weimar

  35. Schloss Wilhelmshöhe

  36. Schloss Bellevue

  37. Historicism

  38. Schloss Babelsberg

  39. Schloss Callenberg

  40. Schloss Drachenburg

  41. Schloss Granitz

  42. Schloss Marienburg

  43. Orangerieschloss Potsdam

  44. Schloss Schwerin

  45. Schloss Stolzenfels

  46. Burg Hohenzollern, a "castle" both in English and German, when really a fully-flung Schloss

  47. Schloss Ringberg in Kreuth, Bavaria

  48. Cross overs

(Relating to places in use for long periods of times, having been extended and perhaps having had renovations in different styles than those of their respective eras – and therefore, displaying at least two and often, multiple styles)

Note

In another context, Schloss is also the German word for a lock.

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